Paper-guide for seal-presses.



P. LEO.

PAPER GUIDE FOR SEAL PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED lun/11.1911.

Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

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PAUL LEO, 0F ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

:PAPER-GUIDE Y FOB. SEAL-PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented llieb. 206i, 191W..

Application filed July 11, 1917. Serial No. 179,970.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL Lno, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Guides for Seal- Presses, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to seal presses and the like, and my improvements comprise novel and convenient means for guiding the sheets to be impressed between the die members of a press. My present invention is particularly adapted for use with the foot controlled press such as isv shown in my U. S. Patent No. 1,228,934, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure l is a plan view of the paper guides and the adjustable mechanism therefor; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

In carrying out my invention I employ a table, as a, upon which one die member b of a. seal press is seen to be mounted. Said die member Y) may be carriedby a usual form of hand press 0, whose hang-over portion, represented in cross section at c in Fig. l, carries the upper die member (not shown). An L-shaped bracket d, having slot d', with thumb screw d2, to adjust-ably secure it to table a, has a V-shaped'gripping surfaceon its angular arm cl3 to coperate with an oppositely disposed gripping member e, to engage and hold the press 0 between them.

A bracket 7 which is of substantially U- shape, with the upper member 7" and lower member f2, is adjustably supported upon the table ain the following manner. An angle piece g tits between one side of bracket f and the upper surface of a member h, which latter is secured, as by screws 7L', to the table a. Said member h has a slot h2 to receive a thumb screw z', by which it is adjustably secured to the table; and said bracket f has a slot f3 in which a thumb screw h3 may ad justably secure said bracket to said angle piece.

Also the angle piece g has a slot g', crossing the slot h2 in member h, the thumb screw z' also engaging said slot g where the angle piece g intersects the member h. Thus, by loosening the thumb screw z' the angle piece g' is capable of universal movement in a horizontal plane, for a purpose to be described hereinafter.

The bracket member f is shown as having an offset ft, with a vertical slot f5, in which is adjustably contained a stem f6 that is fast to an upper paper guide j, which is thereby supported in position above a lower paper guide 7a, the latter being secured to and supported by the bracket member f2.

Thus the bracket members f', f2, respectively support the upper and lower paper guides in opposed relation, said paper guides, as a pair, being unitedly adjustable, through the universal movement of the bracket aforesaid, whereby said paper guides may be brought into operative relation with respect to the die members. Also,

the upper guide y', through its vertical movable stem f6 is adjustable as to height, to vary the space separating it from guide c, and a set screw Z serves to secure it in the desired position.

The guide y' is shaped like the section of a cone, having an upwardly and outwardly flaring surface, whereby it may conveniently engage and guide a sheet, to be impressed, between the guides` 7' and 7c and thus between the die members. The leading edge of the guide le is also beveled, for the same purpose.

I claim:

A paper guide for seal presses, the same comprising a pair of separated members for the reception of a. sheet to be impressed, a U-shaped supporting bracket whose arms respectively support said members, an angle bar having a slotted upright member and a thumb screw to engage said bracket through said slotted upright member for vertical adjustment of said bracket, together with a horizontal member of said angle bar having a longitudinal slot, and a transversely disposed slotted member engaged therewith by a thumb screw, whereby said bracket is capable of universal adjustment in a horizontal plane 1 Signed at Broadway in the county of New York and State of New York this 23rd day of June A. D. 1917.

PAUL LEU.

Witnesses:

W. M. MORGAN, M. B. LnFoUnoAD.

@epilee et this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ci Patente,

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